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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 77 (12:77)

يُوسُف

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ …

Quran 12:77 is ayah 77 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 244 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:77
۞ قَالُوٓا۟إِنيَسْرِقْفَقَدْسَرَقَأَخٌلَّهُۥمِنقَبْلُ ۚفَأَسَرَّهَايُوسُفُفِىنَفْسِهِۦوَلَمْيُبْدِهَالَهُمْ ۚقَالَأَنتُمْشَرٌّمَّكَانًا ۖوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِمَاتَصِفُونَ٧٧
qālū in yasriq faqad saraqa akhun lahu min qablu fa-asarrahā yūsufu fī nafsihi walam yub'dihā lahum qāla antum sharrun makānan wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā taṣifūna

They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them. He said, "You are worse in position, and Allāh is most knowing of what you describe."(77)

Word by word

  1. ۞ قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. إِنinIf
  3. يَسْرِقْyasriqhe steals
  4. فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
  5. سَرَقَsaraqastole
  6. أَخٌakhuna brother
  7. لَّهُۥlahuof his
  8. مِنminbefore
  9. قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
  10. فَأَسَرَّهَاfa-asarrahāBut Yusuf kept it secret
  11. يُوسُفُyūsufuBut Yusuf kept it secret
  12. فِىfīwithin
  13. نَفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
  14. وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
  15. يُبْدِهَاyub'dihāreveal it
  16. لَهُمْ ۚlahumto them
  17. قَالَqālaHe said
  18. أَنتُمْantumYou
  19. شَرٌّsharrun(are the) worse
  20. مَّكَانًا ۖmakānan(in) position
  21. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
  22. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
  23. بِمَاbimāof what
  24. تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou describe

Tafsir (commentary) of 12:77

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Yusuf's Brothers accuse Him of Theft!

After Yusuf's brothers saw that the king's bowl was taken out of Binyamin's bag, they said,

إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ

(If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal before.) They tried to show themselves as innocent from being like Binyamin, saying that he did just like a brother of his did beforehand, meaning Yusuf, peace be upon him! Allah said,

فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِ

(But these things did Yusuf keep in himself), meaning the statement that he said afterwards,

أَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَاناً وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمْ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ

(You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!) Yusuf said this to himself and did not utter it aloud, thus intending to hide what he wanted to say to himself even before he said it. Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said about Allah's statement,

فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِ

(But these things did Yusuf keep in himself), "He kept in himself his statement next,

أَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَاناً وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمْ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ

(You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!)."

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